Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport ( sah, Платон Ойуунускай аатынан аан дойдутааҕы Дьокуускай аэропорт, ''Platon Ojuunuskaj aatynan aan dojdutaaghy'' ''Coquusqay Aeroport'' ; russian: Международный аэропорт Якутск имени Платона Ойунского, ''Mezhdunarodnyj aeroport Yakutsk imeni Platona Ojunskogo'') is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

Yakutsk Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of ...

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. It has one runway (an older runway serves as a parking area for disused aircraft) and has a capacity of 700 passengers per hour. The airport is the hub for five

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s, including

Yakutia Airlines Air Company Yakutia (russian: Авиакомпания «Якутия» – ''Aviakompanija «Yakutiya»'') is an airline based in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia. It operates domestic passenger services in Russia and within the Commonwealth of ...

and

Polar Airlines Polar Airlines (russian: Полярные авиалинии, ''Poljarnýe avialinii'') is an airline based in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services. In 2020, it became part of Russia's ...

. Construction of the airport started in 1931, and it was used as a stopover on the

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Alaska-Siberia air route for

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planes flying to Europe during

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. The present international terminal was built in 1996. The airport serves as a

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4.Boeing-conducted Airport safety and operational assessments
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to test cold weather starting of its aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

Ilyushin IL-62, Domodedovo airlines JP10354

Accidents and incidents

Before 1992,

Aeroflot PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (russian: ПАО "Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии", ), commonly known as Aeroflot ( or ; russian: Аэрофлот, , ), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia. The ...

had a monopoly on Soviet domestic flights, and had a lot of accidents. At least a dozen deadly accidents happened on or near Yakutsk. See

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. *On 4 February 2010,

Flight 425, operated by

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RA-47360 suffered an engine failure on take-off for Olyokminsk Airport. During the subsequent landing, the nose and port main undercarriage were retracted, causing substantial damage to the aircraft. *On 10 October 2018, Flight 414, operated by a

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RA-89011, rode out from a runway on landing at Yakutsk Airport from

Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...

. During the subsequent landing, the behind chassis of the aircraft were broken. No one was killed in the crash, but four people were hospitalised.

References

External links

Article on Yakutsk Airport

Airport Yakutsk
Aviateka.Handbook {{authority control 1931 establishments in the Soviet Union Airports built in the Soviet Union Airports established in 1931 Airports in the Sakha Republic